[Lockbox]

Mr. Biden said that the United States would send 31 Abrams tanks, the equivalent of a Ukrainian battalion, and that Germany would follow through by contributing its own Leopard 2 tanks and freeing other allies to send their own, the equivalent of two more battalions.

https://www.nytimes.com/live/2023/01/25/world/russia-ukraine-news

Clear enought?

[ought-six]

Ah, so you are using the word “escalation” in the sense that the smaller and weaker party — the party that was aggressed in the first place — is trying to gain strength to fight off the larger and stronger aggressor.

See, it helps when you define your terms so we can understand where you are coming from.

On a micro level, you would be escalating the invasion of your home and the assault on your wife if your next-door neighbor tossed you a crowbar over the fence so you could fight off the invader. I would applaud such escalation, and I bet so would your wife.